Theory and practice of intellectual property
№ 6 / 2019
ISSN (Print) 2308-0361
ISSN (Online) 2519-2744
PDF (Ukrainian)DOI: https://doi.org/10.33731/62019.187731
Published 2019-12-20
Reform of copyright and related rights in Germany
Volodymyr Drobyazko
Ukraine
Abstract
The article discusses two legislative acts of Germany on the regulation of copyright and related rights in the information society. The first was enacted on September 10, 2003 (the 2003 law) and the second — January 1, 2008 (the 2008 law), which introduced significant changes to the German law of September 3, 1965 (on copyright and related rights). The main innovation of the 2003 law introduced the rights to publicity post rights works on the Internet and its restrictions prohibit the use of technical means of protecting works without the consent of the authors. The law also prohibits the copying of works for personal use in cases where a copy is used to create a copy (the counterfeiting of which is obvious). The main points of the reform envisaged by the 2008 law: in paragraph 31 of the «Copyright and Related Rights» Law the fourth paragraph containing a ban on granting rights use was crossed out. The system of determining the amount of funds that are payable by importers of manufacturers and equipment and material carriers used to reproduce works replacement by contractual. Amendments were made to the article containing the rules of free coping for personal purposes. New laws were established on the legislative framework for the use of copyright works in the field of education and science. As of March 1, 2017, new rules for exclusive licenses apply in Germany. Thus, «exclusivity» under an exclusive license reduced to 10 years (paragraph 40 A); after a ten-year license period, are considered non-exclusive and the author may freely and free of charge operate the licensed work and grant licenses to other persons. After the first five years of the period, only its licenses may be agreed by the parties and agreed to extend the exclusivity beyond ten years. This provides the authors with the opportunity to claim additional compensation for extended exclusivity, especially where practice has shown that there is real commercial success by the end of the first five years of the license. Introducing also reporting obligations (paragraphs 32 d and 32 c): new rules for author authorizing the right to require licensees of annual reports detailing how licensed works are used and the amount of revenue generated from such use. Investigated the innovations of legislative acts in Germany, which is recommended to take into account while further improving of the legislation of Ukraine in the field of copyright and adjacent rights are investigated.
Keywords: copyright, related rights, information society, digital technology
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